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By analyzing the home video and accounts from firefighters who battled a deadly Beacon Street blaze on March 26, scientists are starting to identify a horrible convergence of events, according to our news partners at WCVB.
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Host Steve Kerber is the Director of the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute. He has led fire service research and education in the areas of ventilation, structural collapse, and fire dynamics. A 13-year veteran of the fire service, with most of his service at the College … [Read more...]

As thousands of Brother and Sister Firefighters arrive in Boston to honor the lives and families of beloved BFD "Jakes" Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh Jr. and Firefighter Michael R. Kennedy, we hope and pray that those closest to this incident, and most importantly the families, can … [Read more...]

A day after the flames thwarted his efforts to save Lt. Edward J. Walsh and firefighter Michael R. Kennedy in the basement of a blazing Beacon Street brownstone, Capt. Neal Mullane of Ladder 18 in South Boston, his own scalp gashed and burned, found himself drawn to the Back Bay … [Read more...]

By now it’s no secret that the fire service has accumulated a considerable “body of knowledge” as a result of the fire dynamic research from NIST and UL. And now we’re into the “what are we going to do about it,” phase of evolution. We are starting to see examples of … [Read more...]

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This video is from last week in Charlotte, MI. Crews give this description below and included “Water does push fire”. What do you think.
Attached Garage and House Fire 3/12/2014. This video is from the dash cam of unit 312, a mini pumper with 2 … [Read more...]

ORIGINAL POST AT: http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2014/03/are-you-listening-to-the-research.html
By Brian P. Kazmierzak and Drew R. Smith
Have you, your fire department, or the fire service really been listening to the message behind all of the new modern fire … [Read more...]

Dear Nozzlehead: I know you’ve written about direct and indirect fire attack before, but so many studies, blogs and articles have come out in the last year about it, making this very confusing. I also notice that there seem to be two “camps” on these studies on attacking the … [Read more...]

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